117 mins |
Rated
R (for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence.)
Directed by Cord Jefferson
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Leslie Uggams, John Ortiz, Sterling K. Brown, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross
When AMERICAN FICTION writer/director, Cord Jefferson read Percival Everett's 2001 novel, ERASURE, he was struck by the many ways the life of its main character, Monk (Jeffrey Wright), mirrored his reality. Come experience what Cord Jefferson hopes is "an honest film that speaks to both the universality of being marginalized by the world and the unique individuality that animates every person on earth."
AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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When AMERICAN FICTION writer/director, Cord Jefferson read Percival Everett's 2001 novel, ERASURE, he was struck by the many ways the life of its main character, Monk (Jeffrey Wright), mirrored his reality. Come experience what Cord Jefferson hopes is "an honest film that speaks to both the universality of being marginalized by the world and the unique individuality that animates every person on earth."
AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
